The Newport Beach City Council may have ended years of back and forth over the disposal of contaminated sediment dredged from Newport Harbor after approving a plan Tuesday to use it for a pier ...

A range of methods are being used to remove the sediment that blocked the entrance of West Bay Harbour.

The Santa Barbara County Flood Control District has been approved for a grant up to $1.2 million to develop the Beach Sediment Management and Resilience Tactics (Beach SMART) Project. The project, ...

Due to recent rainfall and the increased chance of future storms, the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will begin sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach Park. The sediment deposit ...

Dark sediment taken from the beaches near burn scar areas at Santa Monica Channel and Topanga Creek do not contain any chemicals that would classify it as hazardous waste, the Los Angeles County ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will start sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach on Jan. 11 following heavy rains across the county. Santa Barbara ...

Both macroplastics and microplastics are widely recognized problems in marine environments globally. The volume of plastics in marine ecosystems is a growing number and issue. Both macroplastics and ...

Southern California's beaches have grown more than 500 acres over the past four decades despite being one of the most heavily ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Flood Control District has been approved for a grant up to $1.2 million to ...